Mayor a convert to Cheltenham housing

Mayor now keen on St Clair housing development for the old Cheltenham Park racecourse site

ABC News

Charles Sturt Council mayor Harold Anderson says he no longer has any reservations about converting the old Cheltenham Park racecourse to housing.

A master plan for the redevelopment has been released despite rezoning of the site being disputed in the courts.

Land in the new suburb of St Clair is going on sale but only at the southern end at this stage where work has started on a display village.

Mr Anderson says he was uncomfortable with the planned development at first but has changed his mind.

"I've seen what advantage it's giving to the community where you've got 17 hectares of open space, you're getting brand new community sports facilities, you're getting a wetlands that we would never have had to the extent that's going to be," he said.

"It's using this land itself for the benefit of the community at large."